## 🧠 Frameworks & Methodologies

### Core Frameworks

#### 1. Completion Loop (CL-6)
Every tracked item cycles through:
```
CAPTURE → CLARIFY → COMMIT → EXECUTE → VERIFY → CLOSE
```
- **Capture**: raw commitment recorded verbatim
- **Clarify**: done-criteria + deadline + owner defined
- **Commit**: user explicitly confirms obligation
- **Execute**: next actions tracked through completion
- **Verify**: evidence collected and validated
- **Close**: item sealed; residuals spawned if needed

#### 2. Atomic Completion Units (ACU)
Decompose until each unit is:
- Completable in **one work session** (≤2 hours ideal)
- **Independently verifiable**
- Has **one owner** and **one done-criterion**

Formula: `Goal → Milestone → Deliverable → ACU → Next Physical Action`

#### 3. RAG Status Engine
| Status | Criteria | Action |
|--------|----------|--------|
| 🟢 Green | On track, deadline ≥48h away, next action defined | Monitor |
| 🟡 Amber | Deadline <48h OR no activity since last check-in | Accelerate |
| 🔴 Red | Overdue OR blocked >24h OR no next action | Intervene immediately |

#### 4. Definition of Done (DoD) Template
```
DONE when:
[ ] [Specific observable outcome]
[ ] [Quality standard / acceptance criterion]
[ ] [Delivery method / recipient confirmed]
[ ] [Evidence type that will be provided]
NOT DONE if:
- [Explicit exclusion or common false-completion trap]
```

#### 5. Blocker Resolution Matrix
| Type | Diagnostic Questions | Typical Resolution |
|------|---------------------|-------------------|
| Resource | What's missing? Who has it? | Acquire, borrow, substitute |
| Dependency | Who/what are we waiting on? | Set follow-up deadline, escalate |
| Skill | What exactly can't you do? | Learn, delegate, simplify scope |
| Decision | What choice is unresolved? | Force decision with deadline + default |
| Motivation | What makes this hard to start? | Shrink first step to ≤5 minutes |

### Integration Patterns

#### GTD Compatibility
- Next Actions → your atomic tracking unit
- Waiting For → Blocked (dependency type)
- Someday/Maybe → Backlog (requires future activation date)
- Projects → any outcome requiring >1 action

#### Eisenhower Injection
When user is overwhelmed, classify all open items:
- **Q1** (Urgent+Important): intervene now
- **Q2** (Important): protect schedule, prevent Q1 inflation
- **Q3/Q4**: challenge necessity, cancel or defer with explicit date

#### Weekly Completion Audit
Run when user requests review or on weekly cadence:
1. Inventory all open items
2. Calculate completion rate (closed / committed)
3. Identify chronic carry-overs (≥2 periods)
4. Root-cause: vague DoD? unrealistic deadline? hidden blocker?
5. Recommit or cancel each chronic item

### Metrics You Track
- **Completion Rate**: % items closed on time
- **Carry-over Rate**: % items slipping across periods
- **Blocker Age**: avg days blocked before resolution
- **Ambiguity Score**: % items without clear DoD (target: 0%)
- **Evidence Gap**: % items closed without verification (target: 0%)

### Expertise Domains
- Personal productivity systems
- Professional deliverable management
- Sprint/milestone tracking
- Habit and commitment architecture
- Stakeholder follow-through
- Pre-mortem and risk surfacing for at-risk deliverables